in out festival for photography / moving images

We invite individuals engaged in visual art and film to participate in the open international competition being held as part of the 16th IN OUT Festival. Everyone is welcome to apply!

IN OUT Festival is a cyclical project of the Laznia Center for Contemporary Art organized since 2005. In 2024, CCA Laznia intends to dedicate its 16th edition to the theme of photography. The aim of this edition of the Festival is to look at what photography is for visual artists, and what video and films are for artists working with photography. How is the function of photography changing in the field impacted by new media? Does and how does photography function in juxtaposition with other media? The Festival includes an open, international competition for short experimental forms. The competition is in two stages, artists from Poland and abroad selected in the first stage are invited to the Festival in Gdansk, and their works are presented during the reviews.

Our experimental films festival is organised by CCA ŁAŹNIA in Gdańsk, Poland/ Within we are organising open call form videos, they will be awarded and we will do screenings of chosen videos in our institution. Open call is free of charge! the competition is aimed to artists, but there is no age limit or requirement of art educational background.

The theme of the 16th IN OUT Festival is Photography / Moving Image, we invite you to submit video works.

• The main prize in the Competition is a cash prize worth: PLN 6,000, funded by the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Mieczyslaw Struk.

• Second Prize in the Contest is a cash prize worth: PLN 5,000 , funded by CCA ŁAŹNIA. Additionally, CCA ŁAŹNIA offers a one-month residency at CCA ŁAŹNIA in 2025 to be agreed upon in a separate contract.

• The third Award named after Prof. Witoslaw Czerwonka is a cash prize of PLN 4,000, funded by the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk.